IEEE80211_ALLOC_HW(9) The basic mac80211 driver inte IEEE80211_ALLOC_HW(9)
NAME
ieee80211_alloc_hw - Allocate a new hardware device
SYNOPSIS
struct ieee80211_hw * ieee80211_alloc_hw(size_t priv_data_len, const struct ieee80211_ops * ops);
ARGUMENTS
priv_data_len
length of private data
ops
callbacks for this device
DESCRIPTION
This must be called once for each hardware device. The returned pointer must be used to refer to this device when calling other functions.
mac80211 allocates a private data area for the driver pointed to by priv in struct ieee80211_hw, the size of this area is given as
priv_data_len.
AUTHOR
Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Author.
COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6. July 2010 IEEE80211_ALLOC_HW(9)
